Chloe Pilon

First look at the autonomous trash picking solution in action. About its reachability, or "when you have to deal with the hardware at hand" : - Added extended links to the arm for a longer reach while keeping a reasonable payload capacity - Defined a reachability region for the arm around the quadruped - Made the quadruped crouch when the target object is detected inside that region PS: The camera cable stresses me out too - Moving to an onboard Raspberry Pi 5 setup. With a quadruped Go2 @UnitreeRobotics from @nebiusai @DhruvDiddi and arm SO101 @LeRobotHF :)

Designed and 3D-printed what would be my dream pair of trail-running (and slightly fashionable) shoes for a Unitree G1 humanoid. Ready to hit the trails now 🏔️ Printed in TPU 95A / Fake Salomon logo of course - just love the brand. G1 from @cyberneticphysx

Anyone aware of best practices for traveling with a robotic arm in carry-on luggage?

Allow me to reintroduce myself : My name is Chloe, I’m a Physics Engineer from Montreal. While completing my engineering studies, I also had an entrepreneurial career in music : I released 7 albums (2M+ views online), played 75 shows, released more than 20 music videos and partnered with Red Bull Music, Quebecor or FrancosMTL. During my holidays, I would go on solo cycling trip across India, Taiwan and the US (~10,000 km). I then moved to Paris to work at a data center infrastructure company offering multiphysics simulation. One of my first mandates was to configure and deploy a modular datacenter for our first major client. I learned Mandarin to manage OEM/ODM relations in Taiwan. During this period, I also discovered ultra-trail running and completed 7 marathons and 23 half-marathons in one year. But I felt everything was happening in California. So in January I came to SF, later started working as a Simulation Engineer in Robotics, and fell in love with it. I no longer work there, and here you will see me build, explore, simulate, and deploy. Looking forward to exchanging on all those topics!

Bonjour 👋 First assembly of the quadruped + robotic arm, powered by the quadruped’s battery, for autonomous trash picking in various environments. @nebiusai @DhruvDiddi

Cycling from Mountain View to San Francisco while the locomotion policy is training

Affordable setup to power a standalone robotic arm from a mobile robot’s battery (here, a quadruped) using a DC-DC converter:

Looking for access to a Unitree Go2 Pro in San Francisco for short tests, if anyone has a lead. Thank you in advance :)

Mutant incoming Thank you @DhruvDiddi and @nebiusai for the access to the Go2 for testing!

I wanted to find an idea where I could use mostly off-the-shelf hardware to deploy an autonomous system *asap*, in a relevant use case that matches my vertical expertise. I worked at a research center in Mexico focused on environmental conservation, where beach cleanup is a daily problem. Hotels also spend $$$ on cleaning every day, since the waves keep bringing back debris from the ocean. And it's very interesting to simulate small particles with MPM in Isaac Sim/Newton. But this use case goes beyond the tropical tourism industry. I've run countless races, marathons and ultramarathons over the last few years: litter (plastic bottles, gels) on the streets, or in the mountains where people can't easily reach it, is a real problem. We could also talk about music festivals and large venues. And simply, debris on city streets. Good news: San Francisco has beaches, mountains, and urban areas. A good place to start testing :) Video contains : GO2 EDU with SO-101 with extended arms, using a YOLO11n-seg model for can segmentation.